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Webster 1828 Edition

Noun.

Possession received from the first possessor.

Adj.

1. Not original or primary; received from another.

The have but a second-hand or implicit knowledge. Locke.

2. Not new; that has been used by another; as a second-hand book.

See also: second hand and secondhand

second-hand ‎(not comparable)